Nightcrawler: (Sex) Change-Up

Pocketful of Sexchange reunites scene staples

The Pixies’ Frank Black famously referenced them as a “dangerously untethered band specializing in abandon and dementia.” They’ve also shared stages with area upstarts The Unband and Fountains of Menstrual Pain, to name a choice two.

But the truth is, it’s been a long time since scene staples Connolly Ryan, Mike Flood, David Keating and Kurt Fedora rock ‘n’ rolled as Pocketful of Sexchange. A good 15 years, by Keating’s account.

All of that will change this Saturday, June 18 when Sexchange joins Steve Westfield of Pajama Slave Dancer infamy at the 13th Floor in Florence.

“Amid the fire-storm of bathroom politics, Pocketful of Sexchange has risen from the ashes like a phoenix of hijinks to reclaim its role as diversity’s poolboy,” declares Ryan.

Don’t grab those swim trunks just yet, however. As Keating is quick to note, this weekend’s fete is really a “reunion with some old friends who played in multiple projects during the heyday of The Bay State Hotel.”

“So at this point, it’s certainly looking like a one-off live,” he admits. “Then again, I wouldn’t rule out a new recording.”